App State attendance

[Swamp]

TRU Cajuns

[Big Buds]

TRU Cajuns

It was probably closer to 18K.

[Swamp]

It was probably closer to 18K.

When I heard the count it seemed light to me also.

Ran into folks hadn't seen in years. It was a very good time. $2 dollar Nattys are simply spectacular. Had 8.

Geaux Cajuns.

[HelmutVII]

Contact Marcus Marks at the UL athletic department. Don't rely on the number posted for him because it's wrong. You'll have to be very insistent. They are bad at returning phone calls. Went through it last game.

Thanks I sent it forward to them.

[cajun4life]

It was probably closer to 18K.

14k was being generous. We were barely half full Saturday.

[zephyr]

You could tell it was going to be a light crowd at the Cajun walk.

What’s going on across the basin is only part of the problem. No relief from that with the exception of the Troy game so we’ll be competing. Homecoming is the Bama game, so that.

We know the issues. Little to no marketing. Even after a big ACC win and a rivalry win. No buzz created with any promotion.

Game day experience. Even with perfect weather, you obviously didn’t have return customers from the first 2 games.

Where are the students? It was great to see the student reserve tailgate sold out for game 1. Have not heard a peep about those spots since. Have not made it over there to check it out either. How’s that going?

Quit it with the marketing schtick. Even if that was better how many people would it pull? A marginal amount. We have a culture issue here. It runs deep starting with administration. That's what was great about Hud. He came in, saw the culture issues and set out to change the culture which he did for a good time period. That's what we need. So many people in this city send their kids and ultimately their money to LSU. I can see it on Sunday on FB. So many people at UL with me years ago posting all their pics at the LSU game decked out and having fun. Honestly, at this point, I'm not sure it will really ever change. Hell, even a number of our students go across the basin to go to football games on Saturday night.

[HoustonCajun]

Quit it with the marketing schtick. Even if that was better how many people would it pull? A marginal amount. We have a culture issue here. It runs deep starting with administration. That's what was great about Hud. He came in, saw the culture issues and set out to change the culture which he did for a good time period. That's what we need. So many people in this city send their kids and ultimately their money to LSU. I can see it on Sunday on FB. So many people at UL with me years ago posting all their pics at the LSU game decked out and having fun. Honestly, at this point, I'm not sure it will really ever change. Hell, even a number of our students go across the basin to go to football games on Saturday night.

Maybe we need an RCAF Director like Hud to recapture Acadiana. Do we even have an RCAF Director? It is not in Des' personality to be like Hud. Neither was Napier. Both are proof that winning alone does not increase excitement about UL football and related attendance. We need someone to promote UL and get back the excitement we once had under Hud.

[Million$Mullet]

14k was being generous. We were barely half full Saturday.

When I was texting with my app buddies during the game one mentioned that there was nobody there. I said well you’re looking at the construction side but there can’t be more than 10k here. It was a terrible number and I feel stupid for even thinking this town would bring another 20k plus number at the same time lsu was playing at home against a top ten historic rival. I feel sorry for the players and coaches cause this team deserves more from this city. If we can’t get 20k on a perfect weather night game against app f’n state after beating wake and usm then I don’t really know what else to say. It’s embarrassing.

[ULvictory]

Quit it with the marketing schtick. Even if that was better how many people would it pull? A marginal amount. We have a culture issue here. It runs deep starting with administration. That's what was great about Hud. He came in, saw the culture issues and set out to change the culture which he did for a good time period. That's what we need. So many people in this city send their kids and ultimately their money to LSU. I can see it on Sunday on FB. So many people at UL with me years ago posting all their pics at the LSU game decked out and having fun. Honestly, at this point, I'm not sure it will really ever change. Hell, even a number of our students go across the basin to go to football games on Saturday night.

Festival International occurs on the same weekend as Jazz Fest in New Orleans, but attendance never gets affected by it. Why? Because they don't succumb to the scheduling conflict and don't allow it to affect them by making it attractive for people. For UL events, we throw our hands up and say "Well, there's nothing we can do about what is happening in Baton Rouge." I have heard past administrators tell me that directly. We openly surrender to it instead of being innovative and thinking outside of the box in creating excitement.

Everyone knows that we have a systemic problem in this state when it comes to the school in BR. It's time we start learning how to counter it instead of accepting it or questioning why people in this area don't support the school as much as we should. Start getting answers. I'd even go so far to ask people locally what it would take for them to show up to Cajun Field rather than to drive over an hour in traffic to Baton Rouge. I sound like a broken clock when I say that face to face communication in this area is key. Knock on doors. Shake hands. Go to the morning coffee shops. But for all that is sacred, stop surrendering to it.

[fanof71]

At LSU, they've always embraced their history, tradition, culture,and relevance to to the greater population....at UL Maggard has done nothing to accomplish any of the above...nothing out means nothing in...and UL has most of the assets here to accomplish that...it's all just a money grab in a high school environment...it it's not a priority to improve at UL, why would anyone make it that...

[zephyr]

Festival International occurs on the same weekend as Jazz Fest in New Orleans, but attendance never gets affected by it. Why? Because they don't succumb to the scheduling conflict and don't allow it to affect them by making it attractive for people. For UL events, we throw our hands up and say "Well, there's nothing we can do about what is happening in Baton Rouge." I have heard past administrators tell me that directly. We openly surrender to it instead of being innovative and thinking outside of the box in creating excitement.

Everyone knows that we have a systemic problem in this state when it comes to the school in BR. It's time we start learning how to counter it instead of accepting it or questioning why people in this area don't support the school as much as we should. Start getting answers. I'd even go so far to ask people locally what it would take for them to show up to Cajun Field rather than to drive over an hour in traffic to Baton Rouge. I sound like a broken clock when I say that face to face communication in this area is key. Knock on doors. Shake hands. Go to the morning coffee shops. But for all that is sacred, stop surrendering to it.

I'm not surrendering to it. I'm just stating facts. It has been this way for years and its only getting worse. I hate to say it but UL is just an afterthought for many of the local kids when making their college decision. We've neutered the greek system which is a major drawing factor for many kids and we haven't created a lot of excitement around the university in general. It's a complicated issue. I wish we had more answers.

[ULvictory]

I'm not surrendering to it. I'm just stating facts. It has been this way for years and its only getting worse. I hate to say it but UL is just an afterthought for many of the local kids when making their college decision. We've neutered the greek system which is a major drawing factor for many kids and we haven't created a lot of excitement around the university in general. It's a complicated issue. I wish we had more answers.

I wasn't talking about you surrendering to it.